Winery - Muruve
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
These are the kinds of Best Buys we love. In the case of Muruve’s ’04 crianza, the wine overdelivers by a sum and a half. The nose brims with cola, tar, menthol and other dark aromas, while the big but balanced palate delivers a belt of blackberry and plum flavors along with chewy, ripe tannins. Good now with grilled meat, but will age for another five years should you want to invest in more than one bottle.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Muruve is a label worth watching in Toro. The wines are not as brawny and robust as some, and instead they offer more reserved pleasures. This reserva shows coconut and black plum aromas, with very ripe but structured black fruit flavors. Coffee and vanilla flood the finish, and overall the wine is raring to go now and over the next few years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A top-flight Toro that knows how to step on the gas but keep the car centered. Aromas of dried lavender, violets, coffee and black fruit come together marvelously, while the palate is dark as Mud Cake but still loaded with tasty blackberry and black currants. Pure and strapping, and giving all the oomph that Toro is known for.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
An excellent wine with a great pure-fruit core. There’s plenty of body here, and the defined black-cherry flavor parrots the fragrant nose. Oak lovers will rejoice in the layers of vanilla and smoke that permeate this mouth-filling offering. Best Buy.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Approachable right away, with jammy dark berry fruit aromas followed by a thick, stout palate of black plum and creamy blackberry flavors. Like any good Toro wine, this is broad, tannic and powerful, with black licorice and bitter chocolate on the finish. Good now through 2011.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Liberally wooded, to say the least, the plum fruit at the core of this Toro wine doesn't much see the light of day. Has a nice raspberry, eucalyptus and white-pepper nose.
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Muruve Red Blend - 1998
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The aromas are powerful and just the slightest bit brambly. A little hot and rugged on the palate, but loaded with prime black fruit, pepper and mocha notes. It’s a potent wine with meaty blackness and plenty of raw power. With 65,000 cases produced, it’s not a “boutique” wine, as evidenced by the friendly price tag.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The nose is all dense blackberries, while the palate is deep, flashy and ripe, with flavors of black cherry and blackberry. If you like big, bold wines, then this one should strike you in a good way; it’s saturated and dark, with a touch of vanilla and mocha on the finish. Great balance for such a big wine. Drink now through 2012.
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